Kelana Jaya Line

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 5  Kelana Jaya Line
150701 Rapid KL - Kelana Jaya Line ART Mark II train.jpg
Overview
Native name Laluan Kelana Jaya
Type Light rapid transit (LRT)
System Rapid KL
Status Operational
Locale Klang Valley
Termini  KJ1  Gombak
 KJ24  Kelana Jaya
Stations 24 plus 13 under construction[1]
Services Gombak - KL - Petaling Jaya
Line number  5  (ruby)
Website www.myrapid.com.my/rail/routes
Operation
Opened 1 September 1998 (1998-09-01)
Owner Prasarana Malaysia
Operator(s) Rapid Rail
Character Elevated, underground, and at-grade
Depot(s) Subang
Rolling stock 2-car & 4-car trainsets of
Bombardier Innovia Metro
Technical
Line length 29 km (18 mi)
17.4 km (10.8 mi) under construction [1]
Track length 0 km (0 mi)
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification Third Rail
Operating speed 60 km/h (37 mph)
Route map
300px
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Kelana Jaya Line
KJ1 Gombak Car parking
KJ2 Taman Melati
KJ3 Wangsa Maju
KJ4 Sri Rampai
KJ5 Setiawangsa Car parking
KJ6 Jelatek Car parking
KJ7 Dato' Keramat
KJ8 Damai
KJ9 Ampang Park
 11 
KJ10 KLCC
KJ11 Kampung Baru
MR8 Bukit Nanas  8 
KJ12 Dang Wangi
KJ13 Masjid Jamek  3  4 
KJ14 Pasar Seni  9 
Kuala Lumpur KTM ETS KTM Intercity
 8 
KJ15 KL Sentral Car parking klia2 KTM ETS KTM Intercity
 1 
KJ16 Bangsar  6  7 
KJ17 Abdullah Hukum
Eco City  12 
KJ18 Kerinchi  2 
KJ19 Universiti
KJ20 Taman Jaya Car parking
KJ21 Asia Jaya Car parking
KJ22 Taman Paramount Car parking
KJ23 Taman Bahagia Car parking
KJ24 Kelana Jaya Car parking
↓ opening on Jun 2016  10 
KJ25 Lembah Subang
Subang Depot
KJ26 Ara Damansara Car parking
Persada PLUS
KJ27 Glenmarie Car parking
 10 
KJ28 Subang Jaya Car parking
KJ29 SS15  2 
KJ30 SS18
KJ31 USJ 7 Car parking Aiga bus on green circle.svg
KJ32 Taipan
KJ33 Wawasan
KJ34 USJ 21 Car parking
KJ35 Subang Alam
KJ36 Alam Megah
KJ37 Putra Heights
 4 

The Kelana Jaya Line (Malay: Laluan Kelana Jaya) is only single rail line operate under Kelana Jaya LRT line in Klang Valley operated by Rapid Rail, one of the subsidiaries of Prasarana Malaysia. Until todate, it's still recognized by local on formerly name as PUTRA-LRT.

The LRT line is one of the components of the Klang Valley Integrated Transit System.

Line information

Stations

The line runs from Kelana Jaya to Gombak, serving the Petaling Jaya region to the south; southwest and central Kuala Lumpur, and Kuala Lumpur City Centre to the centre; and low density residential areas further north. At 29 km in length, it is the fourth longest fully automated driverless metro system in the world, after Dubai Metro in Dubai(74.6 km), the SkyTrain in Greater Vancouver, Canada (68.7 km) and the Lille Metro VAL in Lille, France (32 km).

The stations are given in a north-south direction, consists primarily of elevated stops and a handful of underground and at-grade stations. Of the 24 stations, 18 are elevated, 1 lies on the ground and 5 stops, Masjid Jamek, Dangi Wangi, Kampung Baru, KLCC and Ampang Park are underground. A new station is Sri Rampai.

The stations, like those of the Ampang Line, are styled in several types of architectural designs. Elevated stations, in most parts, were constructed in four major styles with distinctive roof designs for specific portions of the line. KL Sentral station, added later, features a design more consistent with the Stesen Sentral station building. Underground stations, however, tend to feature unique concourse layout and vestibules, and feature floor-to-ceiling platform screen doors to prevent platform-to-track intrusions. 13 stations (including two terminal stations and the five subway stations) utilise a single island platform, while 11 others utilize two side platforms. Stations with island platforms allow easy interchange between north-bound and south-bound trains without requiring one to walk down/up to the concourse level.

The stations were built to support disabled passengers, with elevators and wheelchair lifts alongside escalators and stairways between the levels. The stations have platform gaps smaller than 5 cm to allow easy access for the disabled and wheelchair users. They are able to achieve this with:

  • Tracks that are non-ballasted, lessening rail and train movements.
  • Trains that have direct rubber suspension, lessening train body movements.
  • Trains that do not rapidly run through stations.
  • Stations that have straight platforms.

The stations are currently the only rapid transit stations in the Klang Valley designed to provide a degree of accessibility for handicapped users.

The stations have closed-circuit security cameras for security purposes.

Code Name Platform type Position Interchange/Notes
 KJ1  Gombak Terminus (Island) Elevated

Formerly known as Terminal PUTRA, a new leveled carpark is built next to the station named 'Kompleks Parkir Bertingkat LRT Gombak', which can only be accessed using the MyRapid card.
 KJ2  Taman Melati Side Elevated
 KJ3  Wangsa Maju Island Elevated
 KJ4  Sri Rampai Side Surface

The station is opened to public of 24 December 2010 after being closed since operation.
 KJ5  Setiawangsa Island Elevated
 KJ6  Jelatek Side Elevated
 KJ7  Dato' Keramat Side Elevated
 KJ8  Damai Island Elevated
 KJ9  Ampang Park Island Underground Proposed interchange with  10  Sungai Buloh-Serdang-Putrajaya Line
 KJ10  KLCC Island Underground
 KJ11  Kampung Baru Island Underground
 KJ12  Dang Wangi Island Underground 350 meter walking distance exit paid area station to Bukit Nanas for  5  Monorail Line towards Titiwangsa or KL Sentral.
 KJ13  ST5  Masjid Jamek Island Underground Exit to  3  Ampang Line elevated platforms.
 KJ14  Pasar Seni Island Elevated Exit to upcoming  8  Sungai Buloh-Kajang Line underground platform and walking distance of 250 meter exit paid area station to Kuala Lumpur for  1  Seremban Line &  2  Port Klang Line. The bus hubs below the station for buses route to Kajang, Petaling Jaya, Subang, Shah Alam & Klang.
 KJ15   MR1  KL Sentral Side Elevated

Exit paid area station to  1  Seremban Line &  2  Port Klang Line,  6  KLIA Ekspres,  7  KLIA Transit, 200 meter walking distance to  5  Monorail Line & and 650 meter walking distance to upcoming Muzium Negara for  8  Sungai Buloh-Kajang Line.
 KJ16  Bangsar Side Elevated
 KJ17  Abdullah Hukum Side Elevated Exit paid area station to proposed new rail transit Eco City for  2  Port Klang Line. The proposed station will be build beside the existing Abdullah Hukum . The KL Eco City also will be developed as transit hub with the proposed of 3rd Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit line's station for  11  MRT Circle Line.
 KJ18  Kerinchi Side Elevated
 KJ19  Universiti Island Elevated
 KJ20  Taman Jaya Side Elevated
 KJ21  Asia Jaya Island Elevated
 KJ22  Taman Paramount Side Elevated
 KJ23  Taman Bahagia Side Elevated
 KJ24  Kelana Jaya Terminus (Island) Elevated

After the station is the maintenance depot near Lembah Subang. The main terminal, filled with long-term parking, bus hub and shops and another bus stop after crossing the LDP. There are shops nearby.
 KJ00  Subang Depot Depot At-grade

This is train depot in Lembah Subang where the maintenance facility whereby trains are stored, repaired and examined before service. The shuttle train from Subang Depot to Kelana Jaya provided for staff 2 times in the morning & 2 times in the afternoon. Passenger aboard & alight at island platform of pseudo station nearby depot.
Extension Opening Q3-2016
 KJ25  Lembah Subang Side Elevated Under construction. The station is located on top of the existing Lembah Subang depot reception track ramp.
 KJ26  Ara Damansara Island Elevated Under construction.
 KJ27  Glenmarie Island Elevated Interchange station to future  9  Bandar Utama-Klang Line under the pseudonym Station 3.
 KJ28  Subang Jaya Island Elevated Exit paid area station platform to  2  Port Klang Line platforms. Under construction.
 KJ29  SS15 Island Elevated Under construction.
 KJ30  SS18 Island Elevated Under construction.
 KJ31  USJ 7 Island Elevated Completed. Interchange with Aiga bus on green circle.svg BRT Sunway Line.
 KJ32  Taipan Side Elevated Under construction.
 KJ33  Wawasan Side Elevated Under construction.
 KJ34  USJ 21 Side Elevated Under construction.
 KJ35  Alam Megah Island Elevated Under construction.
 KJ36  Subang Alam Island Elevated Under construction.
 KJ37  PH21  Putra Heights Terminus (Island & Side) Elevated Cross-platform interchange to  3  Ampang Line towards Sentul Timur.

Extensions

On 29 August 2006, Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Mohd Najib Abdul Razak announced that the western end would be extended to the suburbs of Subang Jaya which are USJ and Putra Heights to the south-west of Kuala Lumpur. The extension will be part of a RM10 billion plan to expand Kuala Lumpur's public transport network.

The expansion plan will also see the Ampang Line extended to the suburbs of Puchong and the south-west of Kuala Lumpur The plan also involved the construction of an entirely new line, tentatively called the Kota Damansara-Cheras Line, running from Kota Damansara in the western portion of the city, to Cheras which lies to the south-east of Kuala Lumpur.

As of August 2008, Syarikat Prasarana Negara was reportedly running land and engineering studies for the proposed extension.[2]

In September 2009, Syarikat Prasarana Negara began displaying the alignment of the proposed extensions over a 3-month period for feedback. The Kelana Jaya extension will see 13 new stations over 17 km from Kelana Jaya to Putra Heights. Construction is expected to commence in early-2010.[3][4][5][6]

On November 2010, Prasarana announced that it has awarded RM1.7 billion for first phase of the project. The winners include Trans Resource Corp Bhd for the Kelana Jaya line extension. UEM Builders Bhd and Intria Bina Sdn Bhd were appointed as subcontractors for the fabrication and supply of segmental box girder jobs for the Kelana Jaya line.[7]

Construction works on the Kelana Jaya Line and the Ampang Line Extension project are targeted to escalate at the end of March, with commencement of structural works, subject to approval from state government and local authorities.[8]

As of 2014, completion of the extension is targeted for 2016.[9] Refer to the previous table in Line and Station section above.

Rolling stock

The rolling stock, in use since the opening of the line in 1998, consists of 35 Mark II Bombardier Advanced Rapid Transit (ART) trains[3][10] with related equipment and services supplied by the Bombardier Group and train electronics company Quester Tangent. They consist of two-electric multiple units, which serve as either a driving car or trailer car depending on its direction of travel. The trains utilise linear motors and draw power from a third rail located at the side of the steel rails. The plating in between the running rails is used for accelerating and decelerating the train. The reaction plate is semi-magnetised, which pulls the train along as well as helps it to slow down.

The ART is essentially driverless, automated to travel along lines and stop at designated stations for a limited amount of time. Nevertheless, manual override control panels are provided at each end of the trains for use in an event of an emergency.

The interior of the ART, like its Ampang Line counterparts, consists of plastic seating aligned sideways towards the sides of the train, with spacing for passengers on wheelchair, and spacing in the middle for standing occupants. Since its launch in 1998, the ART rolling stock has remained relatively unchanged; only more holding straps have been added and the labeling has been modified from Putra-LRT to RapidKL. Some of the rolling stock has the majority of the seats removed for added passenger capacity during rush hours.

On 13 October 2006, Syarikat Prasarana Negara signed an agreement with Bombardier Hartasuma Consortium for the purchase of 88 Mark II ART cars (22 train sets of 4-cars) with an option for another 13 for RM1.2 billion.[11] The 22 train sets, initially targeted to be delivered from August 2008 onwards, will have four cars each and will boost the carrying capacity of the fleet by 1,500 people. On 8 October 2007, Syarikat Prasarana Negara exercised its option to purchase an additional 52 Mark II ART cars (13 train sets of 4-cars) for €71 million, expected to be delivered in 2010[citation needed].

Although the trains were expected to arrive in August 2008, the delivery was delayed to November 2008 by the manufacturer. RapidKL said that the trains will only be usable by September 2009 after having sufficient rolling stocks, power line upgrades and safety testing.[12] Transport Minister, Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat has said in Parliament that the new trains will begin operations by December 2009.[13] However, in July 2009, Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak announced that the four-car trains will only be fully operational by end-2012.[14]

On 30 December 2009, 3 of the 35 new four-car trains entered commercial service.[15] New features other than increased capacity up to 950 passengers per trip are seat belts for wheel-chair bound travelers, door alarm lights for hearing impaired and more handles for standing commuters.[16]

The Kelana Jaya Line fleet consisted of the following models:

History

The first operation commenced on 1 September 1998 between Subang Depot and Pasar Seni, with phase two, Pasar Seni to Terminal Putra, in June 1999.

In 2002, the line carried its 150 millionth passenger, with an average of 160,000 passengers daily.[17] Today, it carries over 190,000 passengers a day and over 350,000 a day during national events.[18]

The line will undergo a 17 km extension with construction expected to commence in early 2010 through 2012. With 13 new stations to the line, the new terminus will be at Putra Heights, extended from Kelana Jaya.[3]

The Kelana Jaya Line was formerly known as PUTRA LRT, "PUTRA" standing for Projek Usahasama Transit Ringan Automatik Sdn Bhd until the company was taken over by its current owner Prasarana Malaysia.

Chronology

  • 15 February 1994 - Projek Usahasama Transit Ringan Automatik Sdn Bhd (PUTRA-LRT) was incorporated.
  • 1 September 1998 - Section 1 from Subang Depot to Pasar Seni commenced operation.
  • 1 June 1999 - Section 2 from Pasar Seni to Terminal PUTRA commenced operation. The new section included Malaysia's first underground railway.
  • 26 April 2002 - Projek Usahasama Transit Ringan Automatik Sdn Bhd was wound up by Kuala Lumpur High Court.
  • 1 September 2002 - PUTRA-LRT comes under management of Syarikat Prasarana Negara and renamed Putraline under the first phase of the restructuring of Kuala Lumpur's public transport system. Prasarana also takes over STAR-LRT and is renamed Starline.
  • November 2004 - Operational aspects of the two lines is transferred to the new government-owned Rapid KL under the second phase of the restructuring process. Ownership of their assets remains with Syarikat Prasarana Negara.
  • July 2005 - Name changed from Putraline to Kelana Jaya Line. Signage to be changed by 2006.
  • 24 July 2006 - Failure of the back-up computer to kick in caused the line to stop functioning during the evening rush hour. Passengers were trapped in trains and some had to force open doors to get out.
  • 29 August 2006 - Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak announces that this line will be extended from Lembah Subang to Subang Jaya and USJ.
  • 6 October 2006 - A "technical problem" caused a train to stall between Dato Keramat and Damai at 7am, causing a shut-down of the Masjid Jamek-Terminal PUTRA stretch. Normal service restored at 5pm.
  • 13 October 2006 – Prasarana signed an agreement with Bombardier-Hartasuma Consortium (BHC)for the purchase of 22 four-car sets with an option of an additional 13 train sets for RM1.2 billion. Trains were targeted to be delivered in 2008.
  • 12 December 2006 - An accident occurred during a peak hour as a train was approaching Pasar Seni LRT station. The train stopped abruptly as if it hit something. No casualties occurred.
  • 8 October 2007 – Prasarana purchased an additional 13 Advanced Rapid Transit (ART) MK II train sets (52 cars) for €71 million. Delivery was expected in 2010.[19]
  • 27 July 2009 - Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak announced that 35 new four-car trains will be operational by end-2012.[14]
  • 15 September 2009 – Syarikat Prasarana Negara begins a 3-month public display of the proposed alignment of the extension (and the Ampang Line extension) for feedback.[4][5]
  • October 2009 - Test runs for the new four-car trains begin.[20] Passengers were not allowed to board these trains.
  • 30 December 2009 - Three four-car trains officially begin service, while the remaining 32 four-car trains will be gradually introduced into service through April 2011.[21]
  • 24 December 2010 - Sri Rampai opens.
  • 28 November 2011 - Kelana Jaya and Ampang - Sri Petaling Line integrated with a single ticketing system.
  • 2 December 2015 - New fare structure to take effect and the announcement of the new 'Smart 7' Weekly and 'Smart 30' Monthly smart cards[22]

Gallery

  • A refurbished 2-car ART Mark II train at Kelana Jaya station.

  • The street entrance of the KLCC station

  • The recently refurbished concourse level of the Pasar Seni LRT station

  • The concourse level of the Ampang Park station.

  • The platform of Masjid Jamek station is one of only five underground stations along the Kelana Jaya Line.

  • The platform of Dang Wangi LRT station

  • The Kelana Jaya Line station in Kuala Lumpur Sentral.

  • A train of the Kelana Jaya line passing through Asia Jaya

  • The Universiti station at night. It is one of the elevated stations in the system.

  • A 2-car ART Mark II train at Kuala Lumpur Sentral

  • A 2-car ART Mark II train for Kelana Jaya Line at Universiti station in 2005

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Thousands to Benefit from LRT Extension
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ http://www.lrtextension.com/about-project/front-page/information-kelana-jaya-line-extension
  10. ↑ Railway Technology - Kuala Lumpur Driverless Metro System, Malaysia
  11. ↑ Prasarana Homepage - Prasarana in RM1.2b deal for 35 LRT trains Archived 20 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[dead link]
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  16. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[dead link]
  17. ↑ Kelana Jaya Line (Formerly known as PUTRA Line)
  18. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  19. ↑ Bombardier Press release on 71 Million Euro Order by Prasarana
  20. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  21. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  22. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

External links

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